Chapter 47
After cleaning the Bad Aura inside of Minami, Ash has been resting for a day with Alice by his side the whole time. Once Ash wakes up, they decide to bring Minami around the world so she can find the Pokemon she wants to use. And she decides to pick Fairy-type in the end.
She picks Wigglytuff, Alcremie, Magearna, Carbink, Gardevoir, and Ribombee as her team, and she helps them create a city that is close to where Lucine's gym: Dragon Safari. They named it Pixetty City.
Ash and Alice have a full team of 20 Fairy-type Pokemon: Clefable, Galarian Rapidash, Mr. Mime, Azumarill, Granbull, Gardevoir, Mawile, Togekiss, Whimsicott, Florges, Aromatisse, Slurpuff, Sylveon, Primarina, Ribombee, Comfey, Hatterene, Alcremie, and two Legendary Pokemon: Xerneas, and a Pokemon known as Enamorus: A distant cousin of Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. Ash and Alice are surprised to learn that such a Pokemon exists, but they accept the Pokemon.
As for Pikachu, he finally finds his love with their Sylveon, they met back in Kanto, and Eevee was beaten by an abusive trainer. After liberating the Pokemon as Team Plasma, Pikachu asks Alice to capture the Eevee, and she agrees.
Now Ash, Alice, and Minami are walking on the streets in Goldenrod City, since Ash finished the gym battle against Whitney and her Miltank. Ash asks, "Minami, have you ever thought about what you're going to do in the future?"
Minami says, "All my life was being those Team Rocket grunt's slave...now that they are gone, I don't actually know what I can do..."
Alice frowns and says, "I see..."
Just then, they hear a commotion as they decide to check it out, much to their horror, they see a dead body lying on the street. Officer Jennies are also there as they are trying to get the crowd away from the scene, but Ash, Alice, and Minami manage to go in front and Ash says, "Excuse me, Officer Jenny. Can you tell me what is going on here?"
Everyone is surprised to see the World Champion in front of them, and they quickly get out of the way. Officer Jenny says, "It is an honor to meet you, you see, 15 minutes ago, we got a call that there is a dead body found in this area. And we are trying to ask witnesses about what they have seen."
Minami looks at the building and then she says, "Brother, excuse me for a second."
As Minami leaves, Ash and Alice are confused as to what she is doing, but they decide to ask it later as they ask Officer Jenny about the crime.
Minami is now on top of the building with the permission of the guard, and she notices the crack. She uses her aura on it and says, "The crack is really new...maybe the victim was pushed off of the building from here."
She looks around and notices a camera, then she decides to ask the guard for the video footage. She sees the victim confronting a person with a green coat and brown hat. The culprit's face is covered by a red scarf and sunglasses, so she can't tell who the person is.
"I see..." Minami thanks the guard and records the whole video on her phone.
Once Minami is back at the crime scene, Officer Jenny has already gathered 3 culprits, one is a woman with blonde hair, who is wearing a pink dress and high heels. The second person is a male in his forties, and he is wearing normal glasses and a casual outfit. And the third one is a male in his 20s, and he doesn't have glasses or hats, but he has a backpack on his back.
"Here you are, Minami. Where have you been?" Alice asks.
"Sorry, I was just doing some private matters. Did you find out the culprit?" Minami asks.
"Apparently, we have only found these three suspects." Ash sighs. "The woman here is the man's husband, and she was washing their clothes in their apartment."
Alice walks toward the man in his 40s and she says, "As for this one, he had an argument with the victim on the top floor of the apartment, but he claims he didn't push him from the building."
Minami thinks, "I saw the footage and the culprit comes after this man leaves...unless he is capable of changing clothes fast, or else he has an alibi..."
Ash says, "And the final one is the victim's friend, they like to play games together. The victim did go to his room to play some games with him, and apparently, the noise causes this man to be mad at both of them."
Minami says, "So two of them were staying in their rooms of the apartment when the crime happened..."
"So Minami, where were you this whole time?" Ash asks.
"I was checking the apartment and see if there is any video footage. I saw that the culprit wears a green coat and brown hat. Not only that, but the culprit also has a red scarf and sunglasses. But apparently, none of the suspects fit the description right now."
While Ash and Alice are looking at the video footage, another Officer Jenny comes and she has the search warrant. She offers three pictures of each room, but none of them see the clothing of the culprit in each of the pictures.
Minami says, "I think I know who the culprit is."
"You saw it as well, right?" Ash asks, Alice also nods as all three of them have their conclusion.
When Officer Jenny brings the three of them to the three suspects, the woman says, "Aren't you the World Champion? What are you doing here?"
"We are here to help Officer Jenny find the real culprit." Alice says.
"Real culprit? Are you kidding me? I don't have time for this!" The man in his 40s yells.
"Yeah, we have our work to do!" The other man says.
"Calm down. Now let me organize the whole situation. Let's see..." He turns to the two men and says, "The victim was playing games with you, and because of your loud noise, this man here brings him to the top of the building and argues about the noise. Right?"
The man in his forties says, "But I swear I didn't kill him! It is true we dislike each other, but I wouldn't go that far to push him off the building!"
"Calm down. It is true that you left after the argument. But after a while, the culprit appears, but we couldn't tell who the person is because the face is covered by a lot of additional clothes. The person charges at the man without warning and pushes him off the building." Minami says.
Alice says, "You said you are heading back to your room when the crime happened, you said you are continuously playing the game without the victim, and you said you are washing your clothes. But when we see the pictures, we know who the culprit is."
Ash, Alice, and Minami point at the woman and yell, "And that is you! You are the one that pushes the culprit off the building!"
"Me?" The woman is now furious. "How am I the culprit?! Where is the evidence?!"
Ash says, "From these pictures, we find that this man really is playing games when the crime happened. The computer screen is still on, and the pausing screen shows how much time he is using online."
Alice says, "As for this man's house, we can see the steam from the boiling water, that means it was just finished heating. Not only that, a lot of the machines in this house are just turned on."
"You called that evidence? I can't accept this!" The blonde woman continues to yell.
"Of course, what we said couldn't really be the main evidence. However, you said you were washing clothes, right? But check out the washing machine! It has 20 minutes left, and the mode is Reduce Landry mode. I know about this mode and it only takes 30 minutes to wash the clothes." Minami says. "You said you were washing clothes, but you just did it 10 minutes ago. And the crime scene is 15 minutes."
"Urk..." The blonde woman is now panicking a little.
"Assuming that what you are washing is the green coat, brown hat, and red scarf, but what about the sunglasses?" Minami asks as she points at the boots. "You hid it inside your boots, right? We can see the sunlight reflects on it."
Ash says, "You think the camera wouldn't be able to know who you are because of your disguise, but the truth is, you didn't hide everything."
As he shows the footage, he stops at the spot and zooms in the footage, showing the shred of blonde hair. "The culprit has blonde hair, which is you!"
The woman kneels as she knows she can't hide, she reveals that she is the killer because she hates how her husband does domestic violence to her. After the culprit is taken away, the police thank the three of them for their efforts.
"Looks like we have done a good thing." Alice says.
"Yeah..." Ash says. "For some reason, we start to act like we are some sort of detectives."
"Detective..." Minami thinks for a second and says, "That's it...maybe I can try being a detective. What do you think, brother?"
Ash and Alice look at Minami in surprise, and Ash says, "That sounds like a good idea. We can be private detectives."
"Indeed." Alice says. "This is also what we can go with our Fairy-type disguises."
Then without anyone watching, Ash and Alice are now trying out their new disguises, they named themselves Alan and Elsa. Once they have set things out, they decide to head back to the island to tell everyone the news.
"Are you serious? Detectives?" The others are shocked to hear what Ash and Alice are saying.
"I mean, it is true we have watched a lot of detective-based anime or other stuff, but are you sure you can become one?" Eve asks Alice.
"Of course, we have already found the culprit of a murder a few hours ago." Alice says. "Minami was the biggest contributor, though."
"All I did was gather more evidence. We all thought the culprit at the same time." Minami says.
"In my opinion, I don't think it is a bad idea." Delia says. "After all, with Team Rocket gone, that doesn't mean the crime rate of the whole world will lower. Not only that, Ash and Alice are also assassins, but they won't be able to kill every time they see a culprit."
"You're right, but I really hate the culprit on the lose, unless they have a good reason." Ash says.
"So you're going to make your gym some sort of detective agency? I mean, it sounds really cool if you think about it." Golly asks.
"Maybe." Minami says. "But I think detective agency should be secretive as well. If there is some sort of building that can cover the whole agency..."
"What about a Museum?" Alice asks. "We can show a lot of stuff inside. People will only have their attention on the exhibits instead of the agency."
"That will work." Minami says, "But how do we manage a museum?"
"Good question." Ash says as they decide to check out the Lumiose Museum.
Here is a new chapter, and as you can see, Ash and Alice are helping Minami with her job, and I am going to give Minami the role of a detective. I haven't tried this job in my fanfics, but I have been watching a lot of shows about it. I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter will be a visit to the Lumiose Museum.
